Monthly Rundown: January Edition

[hadrielmods]

As the first of the gods begins to trickle in, things will slowly go back to normal within the city. Throughout the month of January, their influence will slowly return to Hadriel as they continue to return.

As always, if you ever have any suggestions or feedback you'd like to offer us mods, remember you can always drop us a line here! Also, please remember to hit up the Current AC post if you have AC for the month! During the month of December, characters do not require AC proofs, but we do require a check-in on the post!

JANUARY PART 1: IS IT A WONDERFUL LIFE?

With some of the gods back, it's time that their power back on track too! After all, their power doesn't come from just anywhere, right?

From January 4th-8th, characters will get visions or dreams of a world back where they came from- a world without them. These visions will be of their home, their friends, their family, as if the world had continued after their departure to Hadriel. What would your characters' canon be like without them? Who would have depended on them and been let down? Who would put up the Missing fliers? Would the bad guys win without anyone to stop them? This is for you to decide as your character comes to terms with the fact that their loved ones- their worlds- are continuing on without them.

In these visions, it will be as if the characters simply disappeared when they went to Hadriel and went missing back in their own worlds. Canonmates in Hadriel would also be missing and characters may act as ghosts in these visions, moving through time and space freely to see whatever would haunt them about their departure the most. But don't worry, your misery is worth something - Sorrow is sending all that power to Hope, who will restore his food supplies on January 9th.

Shortly afterward, the Door flexes again, and on January 10th, it opens again and brings along all the charming newbies. Alongside them are Rathalos from the Monster Hunter universe. These wyvernlike creatures are generally airborne and quite large, mainly comprised of spikes and scales. These creatures can also breathe fire and spits fire at their enemies from up in the air.

These creatures will be flying up and around the city, perching on the various structures and towers until Hope drives them away. At this point they will take up perch outside the city where they'll mess with the local ecosystem and hunt all other animals that they can.

But is that really all that the Door brought in? Throughout the month, seemingly at random, some characters will be attacked by an unknown creature. These characters will continue to be RNG'd from our list of volunteers from the previous month (and furthermore, you can add or remove yourself to the list up through the 5th) and more information will go out to them privately. Feel free to share information and contact us with any plot requests in the meantime!

JANUARY PART 2: IT'S ALIIIIVE!

Luckily (for the gods, not really for you), Fear and Rage are able to make it back into the city relatively unscathed by January 17th, resulting in a NPC post just to let all of you guys know that you're in sorta-safe hands.

With five gods back in the city now, things are really going to start getting back on track- though they used up quite a bit of energy just getting into Hadriel, so they'll need a little energy to get spiced up again! With that in mind, starting January 19th, characters may find themselves feeling like they're being watched or even haunted. Various objects in their home will begin moving from one location to another, subtly at first, until maybe you catch one out of the corner of your eye...

The next day, on the 20th, objects will begin expressing wills of their own, growing creepy appendages to move around with, and in rare cases, even eyes to see with and teeth to bite with. That's right, these guys aren't friendly, and they definitely don't like how much you seem to manhandle them! Anything can happen- from your chair trying to kick you off and knock you to the floor to your fork flexing its pointy bits and trying to bite you back.

These won't be pleasant to deal with, mostly just very annoying but for the most part they won't be deadly... that is, unless your very home is gaining sentience, like- oh, we don't know, a Monster House???

Everything will be back to normal on Jan 25th! Please give a warm thanks to Elizabeth/northerndragon for the idea!

JANUARY PART 3: LOVE, ACTUALLY

At the very end of the month, on Jan 28th, Love will return with their own announcement, and that's all the gods back in the city! Right?

...right?

TO RECAP...

► January 4th-8th: Sorrow Event
► January 10th: Intro log!
► January 12th: CR meme
► January 17th-24th: It's Alive! Event
► January 28th: NPC Post
► January 24th-31st: Activity Check
As a final note, our schedule for the month is viewable on the calendar!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[hadrielmods]

[dedikated]

are the visions gonna effect everyone or can we opt out?

[hadrielmods]

You can opt out.

[bloodbathing]

Hello! Quick question about the visions/dreams. If it would cause a character more sorrow to see their Hadriel canonmates in the vision, is it possible for them to be present?

I ask because almost all of the people Maine genuinely cares for are currently in Hadriel. A vision without any of them present wouldn't affect him nearly as much as a vision where only he is gone, and those closest to him suffer the consequences.

[hadrielmods]

Yes, if your character would feel more sorrow from visions of Hadriel, they can see that.